‘Wonka’: Warner Bros Unveils Extended Trailer Featuring Hugh Grant As An Oompa Loompa

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Palestinian officials say 87 dead or missing after Israeli strikes on northern Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 87 people are dead or missing after Israeli strikes on multiple homes in the northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday, the territory's Health Ministry said. It said another 40 people were wounded in the strikes on the town of Beit Lahiya, which was among the first targets of Israel’s ground invasion nearly a year ago. There was no immediate comment on the strikes from the Israeli military, which said it was “continuing to operate across Gaza in both aerial strikes and ground operations.”
AFP
Gaza war, settler attacks ruin Palestinian olive harvest
After a year of relentless war, Gaza's olive harvest is set to suffer, while in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers fear to tend their groves due to settler attacks.In the West Bank, the harvest has been marred by perennial fears of attacks by Israeli settlers, who regularly prevent Palestinians from accessing their olive groves or outright destroy their orchards.
AFP
US, Iran in 'tug of war' over Lebanon: analysts
With Iran-backed Hezbollah on the defensive after a series of heavy Israeli blows, the United States and Iran are locked in a showdown over Lebanon's future, analysts said.The United States has pushed for ceasefire, but has also expressed support for Israeli attempts to "degrade Hezbollah's infrastructure".
USA TODAY
Is Trump 'exhausted'? Dems play the age card he used against Biden
A town hall where Trump cut off questions and pivoted to 39 minutes of music and dancing fueled questions about his fitness.
Reuters
'Everything is lost' says father, as Senegal repatriates citizens escaping Lebanon
Hussein Hachem hugged his injured daughter as she arrived in Senegal on a flight repatriating citizens escaping the escalating conflict in Lebanon. As Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs in a broadening offensive against Hezbollah, Hachem's daughter Mariam, 11, who had suffered a broken foot, was among 117 Senegalese flown to Dakar on a government-organised flight. Senegal has a significant Lebanese diaspora community, and has historical ties to both Lebanon and Palestine.
USA TODAY
Three generations, one mission: Inside three women's quest to protect the vote
Three generations of Black women activists use different tactics and strategies to register voters.
CNN
How to watch the Orionid meteor shower, debris from Halley’s comet
The annual Orionid meteor shower is set to peak Sunday night into Monday at a rate of 10 to 20 meteors per hour. Here’s how to see the spectacle in the night sky.
AFP
Israel escalates Beirut bombing, accused of killing 73 in Gaza strike
Fighting raged on two fronts Sunday as Israel targeted what it said was a Hezbollah "command centre" in the Lebanese capital, while in Gaza rescuers reported 73 people killed in a single air strike.The Israeli military said it hit a Hezbollah "command centre of Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters" and underground weapons facility in Beirut, and that it also killed three Hezbollah militants in other strikes.
Reuters
Russian forces storming town in eastern Ukraine, bloggers say
Russian forces are fighting street-to-street battles with Ukrainian troops in the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Selydove as Moscow's forces push to gain control over the whole of the Donbas region, according to pro-Russian bloggers. Russian forces, which President Vladimir Putin ordered into Ukraine in February 2022, advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, according to open source data, despite Ukraine taking a part of Russia's Kursk region.
AFP
Ex-general Prabowo takes office as Indonesia president
Former general Prabowo Subianto was sworn in Sunday as president of Indonesia, seeking a more prominent position on the global stage for the world's fourth most populous nation.Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message Sunday, saying he would maintain "close strategic communication" with Prabowo, state broadcaster CCTV said.
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Moldovans cast votes to choose president and decide on EU path as Russian interference claims spike
Moldovans have started casting ballots in two key votes Sunday that could determine whether the European Union candidate country, which neighbors Ukraine, remains on a pro-western path amid ongoing allegations that Russia has tried to undermine the electoral process. Incumbent President Maia Sandu is the favorite to secure another term in office in a presidential race in which 11 candidates are running. Polls by WatchDog, a Chisinau-based think-tank show a clear majority of more than 50% support the EU path.
AFP
Iraq Kurds head to polls with little hope for change
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region, where voters have expressed disenchantment with the political elite.In the last regional elections in 2018, voter turnout was 59 percent.
AFP
Harris turns 60, but prefers to talk about Trump's age
Kamala Harris turns 60 on Sunday in the final stretch of a knife-edge election battle with 78-year-old Donald Trump, who is now the oldest presidential candidate in US history.The two candidates will on Sunday again be in Pennsylvania, the battleground that is considered a must-win among the seven key states expected to decide the November 5 election.
CNN
How a one-time GOP critic found alliance with Trump in pivotal Michigan Senate race
The day after January 6, 2021, Mike Rogers was blunt.
AFP
Harris, Trump duel over endurance as celebrities join campaign trail
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump invited star power to the campaign trail Saturday, as they took shots at each other's endurance and urged early voting in battleground states key to the ever-tightening US presidential race.Both candidates are spending their final campaign days in pivotal battleground states where early voting is already underway.
Reuters
Indian ex-official indicted by US dismisses allegations, family says
An Indian ex-official charged by the U.S. with directing a murder-for-hire plot has dismissed the allegations, his family said, expressing shock that Vikash Yadav was wanted by the FBI. Yadav, 39, described the claims as false media reports when he spoke to his cousin, Avinash Yadav, the relative told Reuters on Saturday in their ancestral village about 100 km (60 miles) from the capital New Delhi. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Yadav with leading an unsuccessful plot to murder Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun last year.
NBC News
Elon Musk announces $1M giveaway for voters who sign petition in battleground states
Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition.
CNN
A collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island dock left 7 dead and turned celebration into tragedy. An investigation is now underway
Authorities are working to identify the cause of a partial ferry dock collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island that turned a day of celebration into tragedy, leaving at least seven dead and six critically injured as crowds gathered for a cultural festival.
CNN
Europe’s secret season for travel starts now
Travelers looking to avoid the heat and madness of summer — as well as break less of a sweat literally and financially — should consider an autumn trip.
AFP
Putin seeks to rival Western power with high-profile summit
Two dozen world leaders will meet in Russia next week for a summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western "hegemony".The Kremlin has touted the gathering as a diplomatic triumph that will help it build an alliance able to challenge Western "hegemony".

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